Cinema in Focus,
a social and spiritual commentary by Hal Conklin and Denny Wayman.

Themes

Sacrifice

John Proctor (Daniel Day Lewis) and others in the lead
and minor roles in the versions of "The Crucible" sacrifice themselves for
their integrity.John is asked to sign a
document confessing he is a witch. At first he
does, for the sake of his pregnant wife, but then he retracts his
confessionwhen he realises that his confession
will blacken the names of those thatalready
have been wrongly accused of witchcraft. (Timothy
Leuers)